Gravity waves in Jupiter's stratosphere, as measured by the Galileo ASI experiment

Leslie A. Young; Roger V. Yelle; Richard Young; Alvin Seiff; Donn B. Kirk

doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2004.07.020

Gravity waves in Jupiter's stratosphere, as measured by the Galileo ASI experiment

Leslie A. Young, Roger V. Yelle, Richard Young, Alvin Seiff, Donn B. Kirk

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Abstract

The temperatures in Jupiter's stratosphere, as measured by the Galileo Atmosphere Structure Instrument (ASI), show fluctuations that have been interpreted as gravity waves. We present a detailed description of these fluctuations, showing that they are not likely to be due to either measurement error or isotropic turbulence. These fluctuations share features with gravity waves observed in the terrestrial middle atmosphere, including the shape and amplitude of the power spectrum of temperature with respect to vertical wavenumber. Under the gravity wave interpretation, we find that wave heating or cooling is likely to be important in Jupiter's upper stratosphere and unimportant in the lower stratosphere.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	185-199
Number of pages	15
Journal	Icarus
Volume	173
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2004.07.020
State	Published - Jan 2005

Keywords

Atmospheres, dynamics
Jupiter, atmosphere

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Astronomy and Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science

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